getValues(). A different location within * $form_state->getValues() can be specified by setting the '#parents' * property on the incoming $form parameter. Because of name clashes, two * instances of the same field cannot appear within the same $form element, or * within the same '#parents' space. * * Sample resulting structure in $form: * @code * '#parents' => The location of field values in $form_state->getValues(), * '#entity_type' => The name of the entity type, * '#bundle' => The name of the bundle, * // One sub-array per field appearing in the entity, keyed by field name. * // The structure of the array differs slightly depending on whether the * // widget is 'single-value' (provides the input for one field value, * // most common case), and will therefore be repeated as many times as * // needed, or 'multiple-values' (one single widget allows the input of * // several values; e.g., checkboxes, select box, etc.). * 'field_foo' => array( * '#access' => TRUE if the current user has 'edit' grants for the field, * FALSE if not. * 'widget' => array( * '#field_name' => The name of the field, * '#title' => The label of the field, * '#description' => The description text for the field, * '#required' => Whether or not the field is required, * '#field_parents' => The 'parents' space for the field in the form, * equal to the #parents property of the $form parameter received by * this method, * * // For 'multiple-value' widgets, the remaining elements in the * // sub-array depend on the widget. * * // For 'single-value' widgets: * '#theme' => 'field_multiple_value_form', * '#cardinality' => The field cardinality, * '#cardinality_multiple' => TRUE if the field can contain multiple * items, FALSE otherwise. * // One sub-array per copy of the widget, keyed by delta. * 0 => array( * '#title' => The title to be displayed by the widget, * '#description' => The description text for the field, * '#required' => Whether the widget should be marked required, * '#delta' => 0, * '#weight' => 0, * '#field_parents' => Same as above, * // The remaining elements in the sub-array depend on the widget. * ... * ), * 1 => array( * ... * ), * ... * ), * ... * ), * ) * @endcode * * Additionally, some processing data is placed in $form_state, and can be * accessed by \Drupal\Core\Field\WidgetBaseInterface::getWidgetState() and * \Drupal\Core\Field\WidgetBaseInterface::setWidgetState(). * * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\FieldableEntityInterface $entity * The entity. * @param array $form * The form structure to fill in. This can be a full form structure, or a * sub-element of a larger form. The #parents property can be set to * control the location of submitted field values within * $form_state->getValues(). If not specified, $form['#parents'] is set to * an empty array, which results in field values located at the top-level of * $form_state->getValues(). * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state * The form state. */ public function buildForm(FieldableEntityInterface $entity, array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state); /** * Extracts field values from the submitted widget values into the entity. * * This accounts for drag-and-drop reordering of field values, and filtering * of empty values. * * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\FieldableEntityInterface $entity * The entity. * @param array $form * The form structure where field elements are attached to. This might be a * full form structure, or a sub-element of a larger form. * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state * The form state. * * @return array * An array whose keys and values are the keys of the top-level entries in * $form_state->getValues() that have been processed. The remaining entries, * if any, do not correspond to widgets and should be extracted manually by * the caller if needed. */ public function extractFormValues(FieldableEntityInterface $entity, array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state); /** * Validates submitted widget values and sets the corresponding form errors. * * This method invokes entity validation and takes care of flagging them on * the form. This is particularly useful when all elements on the form are * managed by the form display. * * As an alternative, entity validation can be invoked separately such that * some violations can be flagged manually. In that case * \Drupal\Core\Entity\Display\EntityFormDisplayInterface::flagViolations() * must be used for flagging violations related to the form display. * * Note that there are two levels of validation for fields in forms: widget * validation and field validation: * - Widget validation steps are specific to a given widget's own form * structure and UI metaphors. They are executed during normal form * validation, usually through Form API's #element_validate property. * Errors reported at this level are typically those that prevent the * extraction of proper field values from the submitted form input. * - If no form / widget errors were reported for the field, field validation * steps are performed according to the "constraints" specified by the * field definition as part of the entity validation. That validation is * independent of the specific widget being used in a given form, and is * also performed on REST entity submissions. * * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\FieldableEntityInterface $entity * The entity. * @param array $form * The form structure where field elements are attached to. This might be a * full form structure, or a sub-element of a larger form. * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state * The form state. */ public function validateFormValues(FieldableEntityInterface $entity, array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state); /** * Flags entity validation violations as form errors. * * This method processes all violations passed, thus any violations not * related to fields of the form display must be processed before this method * is invoked. * * The method flags constraint violations related to fields shown on the * form as form errors on the correct form elements. Possibly pre-existing * violations of hidden fields (so fields not appearing in the display) are * ignored. Other, non-field related violations are passed through and set as * form errors according to the property path of the violations. * * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityConstraintViolationListInterface $violations * The violations to flag. * @param array $form * The form structure where field elements are attached to. This might be a * full form structure, or a sub-element of a larger form. * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state * The form state. */ public function flagWidgetsErrorsFromViolations(EntityConstraintViolationListInterface $violations, array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state); }